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TERRET FOR HARNESS.

Patented Apr. 15,1884.

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HARRY F. TOWNSEND AND LEON A. TOWNSEND, OF AVON, ILLINOIS.

TERRET FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,033, dated April15, 1884.

Application filed October 13,1883. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY F. TOWNSEND and LEON A. TOWNSEND, bothcitizens of the United States, of Avon, in the county ofFulton and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTerrets for Harness; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is afront view ofourimproved terret for harness. Fig. 2 is aside view of the same, andFig. 3 is a detail View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention has relation to that class of terret-s for harness whichare provided with a spring-catch upon the side for the reception of thereins or the hitching-strap; and it consists in the detailedconstruction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A indicates the harness-saddle,into which the terret B is screwed or otherwise secured in the usualmanner,and the terret is of the usual construction, but is provided atthe lower end of one side with two projecting perforated lips, O,through which passesapin, D, upon which a clamping-lever, E, curved orbent to conform to the shape of the side of the terret, is pivoted. Thelower end of this clamping-lever bears against aspring, F, which issecured to the same and to the shank of the terret, forcing the upperend of the clamping-lever against the side of the terret.

It will be seen that the reins may be inserted and clamped between theclampinglever and the side of the terret, thus doing away with theinserting of the reins through the terret and tying them together,whichis now usually done, and which is very apt to break the reins and tocause them to be worn out before their time, and when driving thehitching-strap may likewise be clamped in the said clamp, holding it sothat it may readily be removed when it is desired to use it. if terretsare not used, the clamping-lever may be pivoted upon a plate, G, asshown in Fig. 3,whicl1 plate may be fastened upon the back-strap of theharness or upon the saddle, the clamping-lever acting in the same mannerand for the same purpose.

We are aware that it is not broadly new to construct terrets with curvedspring-clamps upon the side of the ring, and we do not wish to claimsuch construction broadly; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

The combination of a .terret having two perforated lips upon the lowerend of one side, a lever curved to conform to the shape of the side ofthe terret and pivoted between the lips, and a spring bearing againstthe lower end of the lever and against the shank of the terret, as andfor the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY F. TOWNSEND. LEON A. TOWNSEND. W'itnesses:

WM. A. STUMP, ROBERT W. TOWNSEND.

